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A S Sallej
- 123 Berk
BSTABUSHBIrpLlv^
LYON EXPLAINS.
At Lexingto? Why He Took
Double Pay.
SID) IT WAS CUSTOM
For Legislator? to Draw Pay as Members
ol tbe Legislature and as Members
of a Committee at the Same
Time, Ragsdale Was Very
Sacarstic.
?The first series of meetings of the
State campaign ended at Lexington
-on Saturday. It was a very good meet
ing. There was much more snap and
life in the proceedings than usual. A.
0. Jones, John M"Mahan and R. I.
Manning broke away from their, even
tenors and made things lively. Bat
the sparkle of the meeting was fur
nished in the speech of Mr. J. Wil
lard Bagsdale, who is opposing Mr.
Fr?ser Lyon for Attorney General.
Mr. Bagsdale arrived late and spoke
?after tbe Gubernatorial candidates
Mr. Lyon had spoken early and had
kept close to the usual lines of bis
previous speeches, but Mr. Bagsdale
literally lit into Mr. Lyon with gloves
off. He jibbed him wherever he
thought there was an opening, and be
sides trying force, tried to ridicule his
opponent. Three or four times be rose
on his feet, and with arched fingers
pointing to bis bosom, exclaimed: 'M
am J. Fr?ser. Lyon, tbe great pursuer
of grafters!" Then he would tiptoe
and exclaim: "I am the great Fraser
Lyon," who was going to do this or
that.
It amused tbe audience because it
was roasting the other fellow brown,
-and the average orowd enjoys a finish
ed roast no matter much who is roast
ed.
LYON DENIES A EEPLY.
Mr. Bagsdale wanted Mr. Lyon to
answer him categorically, but Vir.
Xyon declined to do this, and begged
to reply at the conclusion of Mr. Bag
sdale'8 speech, bat Chairman Efird
declined to make any exceptions or bo
?hange the original programme, and
Mr. Lyon spoke briefly at the very
end of the meeting.
Mr. Bagsdale, who arrived late and
?ho was eager for the fray, said he
rode .700 miles to be here to-day. He
-seemed surprised that Mr. Lyon should
have spoken after his regular time. He
said he wanted to settle certain issues
here and now. He went on to say that
Mr. Lyon had at a previous meeting
said that certain statements he had
made were not so. Mr. Lyon had, he
beard, made such a statement after
his speech. Now he wanted to know j
directly whether Mr. Lyon had gotten
double pay while serving on the inves
tigation committee. He wanted to
know if be had been paid as a legisla
tor and as a member of the commit
tee while it was in session during the
Legislature. Mr. L?on asked If be
might answer in dei&tl from the rec
ord, and if so he would gladly do so.
Chairman Elrd held that he could not
permit any extended statement. Mr.
Lyon refused to answer yes or no*
without an explanation, and then Mr.
Bagsdale piled into him, and said here
was a great purifier and .chaser of
graft, taking 84 a day as a legislator,
-and 84 a day at tbe same time for ser
vice on tbe Investigating committee.
He said that Senator James Stack
house, of Marlon, had told him that
Mr. Lyon had said he received the ex
tra pay.
MAKES MANY CHARGES.
As to the itemlzad statement not
being ?le?;. he got his information
from Mr. Blease. If such a statement
had been filed, then it was all well and
good. Then Mr. Bagsdale said Mr. Ly
on had been elected to the house from
Abbeville as a dispensary advocate,
and he wanted to know what pledge
the people had that he would not
have a obange of heart in his pursuit
of the grafters. No man should change
his views without first consulting his
people. The Attorney General at best
had little to do in such cases. The
solicitors do the prosecuting, and if
Lyon will only give the evidence the
prosecution could now go our He said
Lyon was simply making a grandstand
play talking about pursuing the graft
ers. H3 said Lyon was waiting to say:
"I'll unfurl this banner. I'll be the
leader against graft," and incident
ally draw. 81,900 salary, whioh, be j
said, was more than Lyon had ever
made before, for but a few years ago
be was satisfied with a Senate clerk
ship at 84 a day. No man, he said,
ought to oe elected who could not get
the support of his borne people, and
he did not think Lycn could now carry
Abbevile. Lyon should have resigned
bis place in the House if he meant to {
fight tbe dispensary.
He made merry of Mr. Bristow and
the evidence of Mr. Bristow and in
Eisted that it was all worthless and so
indefinite as not to be worth a penny.
He had a lot of fun ridiculing the
Bristow evidenoe as a type of the
work of the committee. He said he
was in earnest in offering to get out
of tbe way for, Gen. Youmans and
knocked hard at the suggestion that
be was put ud as a decoy to take Lyon
out of the race.
LYON MAKES A STATEMENT.
Some of the audience wanted Bags
dale to talk on, but he only spoke
briefly over his time. After all the
speaking and when but few remained,
Mr. Lyon said that it was an almost
universal precedent for members to
accept pay as ligislators and also as
members of special committees that
served during the meeting of the Leg
islature. Tbe question came up be
?Jr IG aus 05
eley Building ?
ftSr?
fore the Investigating oommlttse and,
with but one exoeptson, S3 he remem
bered, all voted to accept the pay, as
it had always been done before. He
accepted both salaries as has always
been done.
The Legislature had ruled directly
upon such pay and all Legislative
j committees working during the ses
sion were provided with pay and have
been paid. In rare instances recently
such pay had been declined, ho under
stood. As to the itemed statement,
it was published in tbe Journal of
1906 and that ought to end it with
any horn-able man,
The House and Senate by vote ac
cepted this statement as satisfactory
and directly refused to ask for any
further statement. Any one could
have easily found that this statement
was printed in tbe the official Journal.
The only issue in Abbeville was on the
1-2 mill tax in tbe Brice law. He fa
vored it. Mr, Lomax opposed this
8proial tax. Both were elected; there
fore, what was the position of h's
people? He did know hisg people
stood for honesty and right and that
was his position,- and all he asked was
justice. :Mr. Lyon made his brief
statement witont any flurry, quietly
and impressed those wbo remained
with his sincerity and honesty.
ALORB IM MATH.
The Sad Fate of a Young woman at
at Florenoe.
The Florence limes Bays: Toiling
in its sad details a story of suffering
and betrayal by a man who professed
to love her, and who had deserted oer
three months before the birth of a
child last Saturday morning, is tbe
life of a young woman supposed to be
Laura May Bhame, who died last
Friday night about 11 o'olock at the
Infirmary of Dr. Wm. Ilderton on
Evans street.
The young woman had been In
Florence for some time and had taken
a room at a boarding house in Eist
Florence, where she was being treat
ed by Dr. Ilderton. Friday morning
her condition was alarming, and it
was deemed advisable to take her to
tbe infirmary where she could receive
more careful attention and be under
constant medical supervision. Bat
she had passed the stage of human
aid and death ensued?leaving har
real identity a mystery, and a little
baby girl.
The remains of tbe unfortunate
young mother were taken to Water's
undertaking establishment and pre
pared for burial, and the Interment :1s
being postponed In the hopes of get
ting intelligence from friends or rela
tives. The child Is being oared for
by Dr. Ilderton until something else
can be done in the way of providing a
home for it.
As to the- real identity of the wo
man no one knows. She had gotten
only one letter since she bad been
here, addressed to Miss Laura May
Bhame, and three letters were found
in her possession addressed to Miss
Helen Traut man, Wedge fisld, S. C,
and A. D. Bhame, Clarendon, S. 0.,
and one to Mrs. DjSohamp, Pine
wood, Fi 0.
Another letter from an unknown
party was found in which he wrote in
the most endearing tones, ond mak
ing unfulfilled promises. Also a rec
ord in the faded leaves of a worn
Bible were found some family records
but nothing tending to throw any
light on the mystery.
It is said that a man came here
about four months ago looking for a
party by tne name of the dead wo
man and that he had some money
which belonged to her through the
sale of some property. ' But he looked
in vain and oould not get in communi
cation with her in any way. He has
hot been heard from sines.
Dr. Ilderton has borne tbe expense
of the woman's sickness and - death
and says he does not mind that, but
would like to make some disposition
of the child._
Burned to Death.
An awful accident happed in the
Middleburg Mills village at Bates
burg on Friday night. Mrs. Corley,
wife of one of the mill employes, in
starting a fire in the stove preparatory
to cooking supper, poured kerosene
Into the stove when there was already
a smell fire. As a result the fiame
came up to the can, causing an ex
plosion and burning Mrs. Corley so
that at a little past midnight she
died from the effects of the burn
The houBe was completely destroyed
by tbe fire and it was only through
the heroic work of the operatives ttat
the fire did not spread further. Al
most all of the houtehold goods of the
Corley family were destroyed. Mrs.
Corley was less than thirty years old
and a very sad feature of the affair is
that she would have given birth to a
child in two wett-ka
Croker on Bryan,
Harry Walker, of New York, has
received a letter from Richard Crok
er, former leader of Tammany Hall,
expressing the hope that Mr. Croker
may live to see W. J. Bryan sleoted
President of the United States. The
letter which is dated Dublin, June
16, which Is in part as follows: "Your
letter received and also the newspa
per clippings. You have my senti
ments regarding Bryan, as I look up
on him as one of the most ahle men
In our country. I have no doubt but
that he was robbed of both elections
by the trusts and also misjudged. I
hope I may live to see him President
of tbe United States,
J?an With Twelve Toes.
P. E. Franks, of Pennsylvania, was
arrested at Cumberland, Md., on a
chargo of embezzling about 45200 at
Charlerol, Pa. Five minutes after
the telegran was received at tbe
police station Lieutenant Schmvtz
had Franks undor arrest. The fact
that he has six toes on each foot was
one of the means of identification.
He returned to Pennsylvania without
a requisition.
ORANGEB?RG
THE DEATH RATE.
v
More People Die from Coasump*
tiori Than From
! ??;
ANY OTHER DISEASE.
Pneumonia Comes Next la the United
States, bat Heart Disease Is
Steadily on the Increase. The
Census Report Covers
Five Years.
The bureau of the oensua has just
published a report presenting mortal
ity statistics for the United States
for the five calendar years 1900 to
1904. This report was prepared under
the supervision of the late William A.
King, ohief statistician for vital stat
istics.
The annual compilation of statis
tics of mortality was authorized by
the act of Congress establishing the
permanent esnsus office. The statis
tics, however, do not oover the entire
country, but, in accordance with the
provisions of this act, are restricted
to what hi termed the "registration
area." This area comprises those
States and cities which have laws re
quiring the registration of death and
possess records affjrding satisfactory
and comparable dita. In 1904 it in
cluding 11 States and 334 cities whloh
had at least 8,000 population in 1900.
The 11 registration States are Con
necticut, District of Columbia, In
diana, Milne, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York. Rhode Island, and Ver
mont; the 334 registration cities in
clude, in addition to the olties in the
11 registration States, a considerable
number which are in non-registration
State.
These States .and cities, composing
the registration area, inoluded in 1904
a population of 32,996,989, or only a
trifle more than two-fifths of the esti
mated population of the United States
For the remainder of the United
States we have at present no mortali
ty statistics which are sufficiently re
liable and complete to be inoluded in
this report. The registration area,
nowever, is gradually increasing in ex
tent, as the various States and cities
come to realizsthe importance of hav
ing adequate registration laws and of
effectively enforcing them.
The number of deaths reported in
the registration area in 1900 was 639.
939, and the death rate per 1.000 of
population was 17.6. In 1901 the rate
declined to 16 6 and in 1902 the rate
declined to 16. The rate increased in
1903 to 16.2 and in 1904 to 16.7. The
average annual rate for tbe five years
was 16.6 per 1,000.
The average annual death rate in
the registration StateB was 17.8 per
1.000 in the oities of 8,000 or more
population in 1900 and 14.3 per 1,000
in rural districts, which as the term
is here used, includes everything out
side these cities. Rhode Island is the
only registration State in which the
rate was as high in the rural districts
as in the olties. But in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and New Hampshire the
urban rate exceeded the rural by less
than 1 per 1,000. The excess was
greatest in New Jersey, New York
and Maine.
The higher mortality for cities Is
due largely to the faot that residents
of rural districts when critically ill re
sort to the hospitals and institutions
in the oities for treatment, and that
the deaths occurring in such cases are
registered in the cities, thus increas
ing the urban mortality.
The averaga annual rates were low
est in St. Juseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso,
Mich., (10.1); Lincoln, N-.b., (10.4);
and St Faul, Minn., (10.5), and high
est in Cnarleston, S. C, (31.3); Wil
mington, N C, (28.2); and Jackson
ville, Fla., (28.1).
There were 44 cities In which tbe
average annual ueath rat? for the five
years wa^ 20 or more per 1.000. Nine
teen of thc&e cities are located In the
Southern Swt.s and c^nt^in a larg'1
proportion of colored population, tue
death rate for which in general large
ly exceeds that for the wnites.
Tuberculosis of the iungs and pneu
monia were b? far the icaalng causes
of death.
Tne average annual mortality from
tuberculosis of the lungs or consump
tion, 1900 to 1904, was 172 6 per 100,
000 of population. It is gratifying to
note that the rate has shown a mark
ed decline since 1890, when it was
215 4. This indicates that the war
rare against the white plague is meet
ing with success. Tbe mortality * rom
this disease in the regis:ration a ea in
the United States Is io ?er then it is
In Ireland, Germany, Nur.yay, Spain
and Switzerland, but higher tian io
England and Wales, Scotland, the
Netherlans, Belgium and Italy.
The average annual mortality from
consumption wad higher in Denver
than In any other registration city.
This fact is easily explained by the
deaths of non-residents who resort to
that locality in the later stages of the
disease hoping to be benefited by the
ravoiable climatic conditions. Exclud
ing Denver, the rates were hlghoBt in
Naw Orleans, San Francisco, Wash
ington, Newark, Jersey City, Baltl
more and Clnclnna-); ana lowest in
St. Joseph, Mo., Sor-nton, Omaha,
Detroit, St. Paul, Buffalo and Min
neapolis.
Pneumonia was second among the
principal causes of d^ati, the av-rage
annual rate being 134 9 per 100,000
population. Toe deitu r^te from tnis
dicea.se in the registration area of tbe
, 8. C, TH??SOAY, J?
j United States Is considerably greater
j tnan in England and Wales and Scot
:ani.
For the prinolpal cities the average
annual rates were highest in Alle?
eheney, Plttsburg, Inew York and
Kansas City, Mo.; and lowest In St.
Paul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Mo.,
and Toledo.
Among the leadlrg causes of death,
diarrhea and enteritis was third, the
average annual mortality from this
disease for the five veara being 113 1
per 100,000. Over 80 per oent of the
deaths from these diseases were deaths
of children under five years of age, and
and over 65 per cent of children under
one year of age. Fjr the prinolpal
cities the rate was highest in Fall
River. It was high also in Plttsburg,
Providence, New York and Alle
gheny.
Heart disease was fourth among the
j leading oauses of death, tne average
annual rate in the registration area of
l tbe five years being 129.9 per 100,000
I of population. Over 75 per cent of the
deaths from this disease occurred at
ages above 44, over 45 per cant occur
ring at 65 years and over. It Is no
ticeable that the mortality from heart,
disease is steadily increasing, the
deatih rate advancing from 111.2 per
100,000 In 1900 to 134.8 in 1904.
Another cause of death with an in
creasing rate was cancer, the rate for
which increased from 63 per 100,000
in 1900 to 70.9 in 1904. A compara
tively small proportion of the deaths
from cancer occurred at ages under 40
years. The deaths of females far ex
ceeded those of males, the pronort!on
being 622 females to 378 males In l,
000 deaths. '
The death rate from cancer in the
registration area of tbe United States
was less than in England and Wales,
Scotland, Germany, Norway, the
Netherlands and Switzerland, but was
greater than in Ireland, Hungary,
Spain and Italy. It was higher in
the cities than, in the rural districts,
but this is due partly-to the fact that
residents of rural distriots in the last
stages of the disease seek the hospit
als in the cities fcr treament.
The average annual death rate from
typhoid fever In the registration area
was 33 8 per 100.000 of population. Of
the ten European countries for which
similar statistics are available Italy
alone shows a higher. The total num
ber of deaths in the five years, divid
ed as to sex, shows a proportion of
588 zrales to 412 females in every 1,
000 deaths. In each year a greater
number of deaths from typhoid fever
oconrred between the ages of 20 and
55 than at any other age period. Tbe
number of deaths was greatest in Sep
tember and October, and least in
June. Over one-third of the deaths
occured in August, September and Oc
tober.
Among the large cities the greatest
mortality from this disease occurred
in Plttsburg, Pa., the rate being more
than 120 in each year. The next high
est rate was in the adjoining oity of
Allegheny. The mortality from ty
phoid fever was also excessively high
in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Louisvlle and Washington. The aver
age in New York oity, St Paul, Mil
waukee and Jercey City. The mor
tality was greater in many of tbe
smaller cities and in the rural districts
of certain counties in the legistratlon
States than in tbe larger cities.
Dh?nn too Better Way.
The Columbia Reoord says Tim
mouBvllle has no short dispenser oi
dispensary, but it is short a dispen
ser. And all this is cn account of a
revival meeting conduoted there re
cently by Evangelist Lsach. Mr.
Leach knows all about the evils of tbe
drink devil by actual contact as well
as through inspiration, and bis efforts
on this Bubjeot are usally suob as
ought to appear In black type even
in a great family newspaper. He has
converted various persons at Tim
monsvllle, including the dispenser,
Mr. W. B. White, who has forthwith
resigned. At least that is tbe in
formation that has reached the state
board about them'." >r, and an inspec
tor Is to go there In few days and
transfer tne stock Mr. White's suc
cessor, because Mr. Weite since his
rehignation has not wanted to touch
the thing at all._
Killed an Intruder.
At Dinville, Vi., an unknown
negro was shot and Instantly killed at
about midnight Friday night while In
the act of attempting entrance to the
home of Mr. R. E. M irris, a detective
for the Southern Express company.
The negro had raised a window to?a
rojm i.eeupied by Mrs. Marris and her
daughter, about 18 years, when dis
covered by Morris, who was In the
ro im directly above that of his wife
Criminal assault Is thought to have
b :en the motive for the presence of
the negro. Some hours after the
killing a negro giving his name as
M mroe Richardson was arrested on
the charge of being an accomplice of
the dead negro. Morris was released
without ball, and an investigation
will take p'ace
Hatigad HiuiH ?II?
Capt. Filk of the German bark
Ge&ine which arrived at Pjnn3acola
on Thursday from Himberg, commit
ted ? u cide while ine vensel was at
*eab/ hanging himself In his cxbin.
Toe G^ine left Himourg in Mircn
but weat ashore on a reef and it was
necessary to unload her cargo In or
der to that the vessel. After that
the cap&ian became very despondent
and one m irnlng was found hanging
in his cabin.
Very ConBldorato.
Rather than wake his traveling
companions?some of whom were wo
men?ti take the regular train at 5
a. m., from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga..
George Fjster Paabody, the rich edu
call ?i-al philanthropist, waited on
Mjuday 'MtU later In tho day and
bird a special, paying for it 8688, and
glvir g the employes of the train large
tips besides.
LY 5, L906.
WAGES OF SIN.
{Goes to the Gallows for Killing|
a Friend.
A POLISHED E4SCAL
I One of the Most Picturesque Figures la
Police Crookdora of the Ceotary.
Probably the Most Remark
able Criminal Record of
Modem Times.
After s life of crime beginning with
boyhood, "Lord Frederick Seymore
Barrlngton, society highwayman, re
sourceful orook, bigamist, forger and
murderer, paid the penalty of his last
Cime on the scaffold Friday at Ooly
ton, Mo.
The crime for which Barrington was
to die on the scaffold was the murder
of James P. MoOann, a well known
sporting man of this city, on June 18,
1903. MoOann was shot, his body
roboed and his remains thrown into a
pond at Bonfils. By a peculiar co
incidence the nude body of the mur
dered man was discovered floating in
the pond just three years ago Thurs
day.
During the active years of his ca
reer "Lord" Barrlngton was one of
the most picturesque figures in "po
lice" orookdom, for, although he was
of lowly origin, his speciality of pass
ing as a member of the British peer
age, went well in several cities and
helped him to live without work for
years.
Be was the son of a hack driver in
Tunbridge Wells, England, and his
real name is F. G-. Barton. He was
arrested for the first time at the age
of seven years, when h'e was caught
setting Are to the common. At 12 he
was sentenced to fi ve years in tbe5Eed
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three years he made bis
escape by means of a rope, only to be
arrested two years later and sentenced
for robbery. For this he served in
Yorkshire prison.
About this time be decided it
would Be to his advantage to give
himself a new surirounding by joining
the army, where he could observe the
ways of the officers who made up much
of tbe English society. This was in
bis 221 years, but before his enlist
ment was a year old he had forged
a furlough, fled from the army and
committed a burglary for which he did
a ten years's stretch.
That completed his English record.
What orimes he succeeded in commit
ting in the short Intervals between
bis prisons terms are not known, but
are believed to be many. He got into
some of tbe best households as a ser
vant; studied the members of society;
he served as an artist, studies bis
model, and In later years made good
use of bis studies. He robbed a
clergyman three times and each time
by a sorrowing profession of repent
ance and glib quotation succeeded in
being forgiven. When he was finally
landed behind the bars for the ten
years' term in England he settled
down to Improving his education so he
could step out of prison a student. He
perfected himself in French, German
and the classics, and was a polished
fraud when he came to America in
1891. He posed here as the son of an
Engiishnobleman of wealth and rank.
As such he won Miss Celestlne Mil
ler, ef Booklyn, an heiress with a for
tune in her own right. After marry
ing Miss Miller he had the effrontery
to return to his own land and estab
lished himself with his wife in a home
at West Brighton. There he cold
bloodedly told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped of every
penny by her husband, the unhappy
wife returned to this country with
her child, and Barton was arrested and
sent back to prison to serve out an old
sentence. As soon as the sentence
was expired Barton returned to the
?.jltea Soated having found here the
bast held for his peculiar operations.
In 1902 Pniladelphia society receiv
ed wltn open arms "Lord Burgoyne,"
of the Eoglish peerage.x His lordship
was none other than the exconvlct,
but before that came to be known he
aadourted and wedded Miss Mar
garet Bifferty, an heiress. He told
her he was heir to 820,000 and bor
ro .ved money from her. While they
*ere on their hooey moon, "Bur
gcyne" slipped from the train and
disappeared. She would believe notb
ing against him until she went to
New Yerk and learned the truth from
his first wife, with whom ''Burgoyne'
was, at the time, attempting to effect
reconciliation.
Receiving no notice from his first
wife, the ex-convict, who had been
wandering In tbe West, made bis de
but in St. Louis society under the
alias of "Lord Barrlngton." He .met
and married Miss Wllheimlna Grace
Cuchrau, of Independonca, Iowa, who
was visiting In St Louis at the time.
Before he c^u^d enjjy the money he
nad obtained through this marriage,
a hard-headed brother of Miss Coob
ran bad disovered his record and had
Barrlngton" thrown Into prison.
Following his exposure "Barrlng
ton" succeeded in v/inning the confi
dence of MoGann, a wealthy horse
owner and hotel man. On the night
of McCann's disappearance tbe two
were seen drinking together. The
murder was traced to "Barrlngton,"
and ha was convicted. The legal fight
to save him extended over two years
Convict! >n ol a Fiend.
El Riiney, a negro, was convicted
a' Gaffaeyon Monday, of committing
?. rap? on a thtrteen old negro girl,
Tue girl is said to have died a3 a re
suit of injuries* inflicted on her by the
fiend.
COTTON STALKS
MAY BE USED TO MAKE GOOD
PRINTING PAPER.
Latest and Host Interesting Inven
tion to Hake Paper From
Useless Product.
The manufacture of paper from the
fiber of the cotton stalk is one of the
latest and most Interesting Inventions
of the new century, says Harvle Jor
dan in Manufacturers Record. For
I many years expert inventors have been
busily engaged experimenting with
the cotton stalk, and now it appears
from recent developments tbat their
labors and expenditures of money are
to be rewarded with signal and strik
ing success. Not only nave these in
vestigations passed the experimental
stage but they are rapidly being shap
ed to be placed into practical opera
tion. It has been unquestionably de
monstrated that all grades of paper,
from the best form of linen grade to
the lowest, can be manufactured from
the cotton stalks. In addition to this,
a variety of by-products, suoh as alco
hol, nitrogen, material for gun cotton
and smokeless power, can also be se
cured in paying quantities. The time'
is not now far distant when paper
plants equipped with all modern ma
chinery and devices for making paper
will be built and placed in operation
throughout the cotton-growing states
of the Sonth. The establishment of
these, mills for the manufacture of pa
per from cotton stalks will at once de
velop a new industry of quite enor
mous proportions of a waste product
whioh at the present time has com
parative little or no value. It will
prove the entering wedge of checking
the present increasing cost of paper,
whioh is becoming suoh a burden
upon the newspaper Industry of the
country.
It is estimated that on an acre of
land produolng a bale of cotton at
least one ton of stalks can be gather
ed. Upon this basis of calculation
this new Industry oan annually depend
upon from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000
tons of raw material. This will not
only furnish necessary supplies to meet
all home demands, but also permit of
the export of pulp or finished pro
ducts to foreign countries. At the
present time there is approximately
1287,000,000 invested in paper mills
in the United States, with but few
plants.located in the South. The bulk
of the material going into the manu
facture of paper at the present time
is spruce pine, and which Is annually
becoming more expensive in the deple
tion of toe forests and the high prices
whioh suoh timber commands In 'Dbe
market for other uses. The utiliza
tion of a waste produot suoh as <he
cotton stalk, manufactured into com
mercial paper, will be a boon of ineati
matable value to the whole country.
Tlae practical effect of this new in
vention will be to increase the present
value of the South's cotton crop near
ly $100,000,000 annually. The grow
ers will be amply paid for the expense
of removing the stalks from their
fields and delivery to the paper plants
and In addition thrroto receive a pro
fit on this product of their labor. In
the southwestern section of the cotton
belt the new industry will especially
be of value and a blessing. With the
removal of the cotton stalks from the
fields in the early fall the death knell
of the boll-weevil will be sounded and
Its present devastating influences re
duced to a minimum. So tbat from
every standpoint the speedy develop
ment and expansion of this new indus
try will be wetomed In all sections of
the cotton belt. Paper manufactured
from the cotton stalk Is of the strong
est texture and softest finish. It is
reported that several plants will be
erected during the next few months
In certain sections of the South which
will be in full operation by January 1,
1907.
l>et>triiouve Scorm.
Charlie Thomson, a negro living
seven miles east of Union, had the
roof blown off bis bouse and furniture
badly broken up by a storm last week.
His family were unlnj ured by the light
ning. An empty house on the Sin
clair place near by wai abo blown
down. A special from Pride's says
there was a very heavy storm In that
section and tnat great damage was
done at Chester and Yorkvllle by the
blowing down of trees and other
things, which have not been cleared up,
At Bad Point, near Pride's crops
were badly Injured there being a
heavy hall storm half a mile wide all
through that section. No damage
was done at Neals Shoals, though
uhe current had to be turned off.
Must Have tSueii Crazy.
At Comfort, Texas, on Thursday In
the presence of the assembled wed
ding guests, at tad home of his in
tended bride, Joaeph Rainhart, the
man who was to have been married
to her, shot and instantly killed Miss
Ernestine Kutser and then snot him
self with probably fatal lesults. The
cause of the tragedy Is not known.
v? ill Siop It.
Ol Tuesla/ morning Mayor Young
of Union li ied a negro woman woman
8100 in each of two cases or 30 days
for selling liquor. A few day before
he lined a negro man 8100 or 30 days
in eac.i of three cases for a similar
offene?. This kind of conduct 1b lia
ble to cast a damper on the business.
Jlam And loo Cream.
At Arcadia, Fla., Albert Simmons,
tbe 19 year-old negro who on March
17 last murdered his aunt and his two
children, chopping up their bodies and
feed in/ them to the hog3, was legally
hanged Friday. Just before the exe
cution he called for ham, eggs and ice
oream.
$1.00 FEK ANNUM.
I POSTAL THIEVES!
Columbia Has Lost Many Pack
ages in Recent Past
HAVE BEEN STOLEN
Between Mail Room at Union Depot
and Postoffice. Inspectors Have
Worked But. It Is Said, Have
Secured Little Evidence
of Guilty Ones.
There seems to have been consider
able stealing of letters and packages
going on among the postal officials
located in Columbia. A dispatch
from that oity to the Charleston Post
says what Postmaster.Easor calls "a
regular Saturnalia of stealing" has
been going on among the railway
train porters and perhaps others, who
have been handling the mails between
the mail room at the union station
and t?oe trains. He has failed to
locate over seventy-fl ve packages that
have been reported to him as having
been lost, the date of the first pack
age mailed being December 9 last,
and that of the last April 14 last.
How many more have been stolen Dr.
Ensore has no idea.
There may be many oases that
were never reported and still other
oases that will be reported later. Aa
a resulted of a letter Dr. Ensor wrote
to the Washing ton division Inspector
Williams, located at Chattanooga, de*
tailed Inspectors Puls if e::, Banner
man and Webers on the case. After
several days' work they were unable
to trace any evidence against either
ol the three transfer clerks who are
in charge of the mail room at the
union station, in relays. So far only
one arrest has been made, that of
Sam Wilhams who was caught by &
decoy letter containing silver which 1
was handed to Mm to be taken to the
train. He has been landed in jail by
Commissioner Verner. in default of
ball.
Transfer Clerk Mobley, a negro,
was arrested but was afterward re
leased. Nothing has so far been dis
covered s,gainst the other colored
transfer clerk, 0. P. Murray, and
both he and Mobley are still on duty.
Chief Transfer Clerk N. J. Davis is
the only white man in caarge of the
mail room. He is a m in of nigh in
tegrity, in whom everybody has per
fect confidence.
Sam Williams has been at the
union station only four months. E ich
of the transfer clerks has a key which
fits all the locked pouches, and which
be is required by the regulations to
carry on a chain attached to his body.
But whether anything has been stolen
from the first class mail, which is re
quired to be looked, can not be said,
it appears from the list of lost pieces
which tracing has failed to looat,e
that the stealing was confined almost
altogether to packages. These pack
ages are handled almost entirely in
large saoks, unlocked, which are
bandied between the mail room and
the postofflce by porters. There are
a number of porters working in tile
employ of the postoffice.
But Sam Williams is in no way con
nected with the office. He and other
railway porters and the postoffice por
ters all have acess to the mail room
and as the transfer clerks have fre
quently to be away from the room
there Is a good opportunity tor steal
ing.
Though the inspectors have given ,
up the fight for the time being they
have by no means given up hopes, 1
and other arrests are expected in the
immediate future.
On one occasion eight packages
sent up on the Charleston train were
stulen before they reached the Colum
bia office.
Dr. Pike, a Columbia dentist, lost
nine packages, which should have
ceme to him in two weeks.
''The thing has become notorious."
said Dr. Easor to Tno Evening Post
representative. "An awful stanch
had arisen to the nostrils of the pat
rons of the office, who were taking
their packages to the express offije.
The investigation has declosed that
the mall room down there ha3 turned
out to be a regular den of thieves.
Of course I hope you will say nothing
that might be construed as a reflec
tion on Mr. Davis in whom we all
have the greatest confidence.
"Whether any of tne stealing has
been going on among the postal clerks
on the trains I can not say, but I sup*
pose not. Tne 3tudcnts here in the
male and female colleges have hardly
been ab.e to get a thing sent to them
in the past several months. The
thieves made a clean sweep. 1 am
satisfied that not an article has been
stolen by any of the empioyees of this
office, not only because I have confi
dence in them but the system would
require all to be In collusion if one
stole."
Wanted to Hear Til man.
It was announced that before the
adjournment of the present session of
congress Senator TUlman would make
a red hot speech on thd?>ase of B. F.
Barnes tbe man wiao n V-iuat been
appointed postmaster of tue city of
Washington, and tne man that Sen
ator Tilman believes responsible for
tbe rough treatment of Mrs. Minor
Morris at the white house some
months ago, the senate have been
packed every day, and long lines of
expectant people have waited patient
ly for an opportunity to secure a seat
and hear what Senator Tillman might
have to say on the sur. ject. -